Specialist Project Engineer - Generation - Stations

Role
:
Specialist Project Engineer
- Generation
- Stations

Location
:
Burnaby, BC

Contract Duration
:
October 15th, 2026 - October 14th, 2027

Max T4 Rate
: $99.82/

Max INC Rate
: $120.78/

• The E5 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for BC Hydro projects and operations.
• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at BC Hydro.
• Participate in BC Hydro’s engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at BC Hydro.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases, criteria and concepts, and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions at BC Hydro.

• A minimum ten (10) years of generation engineering experience including significant time working in the electrical utility industry and a degree a relevant engineering discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or civil.
• A minimum of four (4) years of working experience in leading multi-discipline design teams and in generation station planning, design, and construction.
• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC
• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a generation stations and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects
• Good working knowledge project management principles and roles
• Good working knowledge of design and substations, an asset
• Advanced decision making and conflict resolution skills
• Advanced written and oral communication skills with the ability to brief senior management on complex project issues in a clear and concise manner

• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical is preferred), and registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC).
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive and comprehensive engineering experience, with a primary focus in the design of hydroelectric power plants and/or dams and associated equipment. Engineering experience through the total project life cycle, from conceptual design through to testing and commissioning is considered an asset. Candidates with less experience may be considered at a corresponding position level.
• A minimum of 4 years leading and coordinating multi-discipline design or engineering work on medium to large projects, preferably on projects similar in nature to BC Hydro in terms of size, complexity, and stakeholders. Candidates with less experience may be considered at a…